@2164
Excellent Chess analogy.

@kevin
I agree with your analysis. Obama campaign will likely lay-off the experience attacks, though it is by no means a given. The media frenzy, as you correctly point out, is the key in this fight. However, I believe that Obama defending Palin in the media (and I think his campaign lacks subtlety for such a strategy) will not take away examination of her experience by the media, which also leads to increased scrutiny of Obama’s experience. Obamabots have already dismissed Obama’s experience as an issue. They will not see how their stance on Palins experience appears as duplicity to any mainstream voter. Obama has two things going for him, Creationism (as you say) and “troopergate”. How effectively Obama can attack and McCain defend on this front is what will be crucial.